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let's reinvent michigan and god bless michigan and all of this. thank you so much. [cheers and applause] 's >> deval patrick delivers this commonwealth address. and as direct attacks that invest in education, innovation and infrastructure. he lays out his budget plan to cut sales tax and increase income tax to pay for his transportation plan and education improvements. this is 35 minute. [applause] be my thank you during lunch. thank you, everyone. thank you. [applause] thank you. thank you area match. thank you area match. [applause] thank you. my friends, thank you so much. to lieutenant governor murray, fellow constitutional officers and members of the governor's counsel, madam president and members of the senate, mr. speaker, members of the house to members of the honorable court and congressional delegation county municipal and other elected officials, members of the cabinet and administration, reverend clergy and most especially, fellow citizens of massachusetts. good evening and happy new year. please join me in welcoming our extraordinary first lady, diane p
let's reinvent michigan and god bless michigan and all of this. thank you so much. [cheers and applause] 's >> deval patrick delivers this commonwealth address. and as direct attacks that invest in education, innovation and infrastructure. he lays out his budget plan to cut sales tax and increase income tax to pay for his transportation plan and education improvements. this is 35 minute. [applause] be my thank you during lunch. thank you, everyone. thank you. [applause] thank you. thank...
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welcome to michigan. thank you are sharing your story. thank you. [applause] say great success. another great successes or summer youth initiative in terms of putting young people to work in some of our most challenge communities. this lacerated over 750 k. and in terms of that, it's been wonderful, it's about public-private partnerships. many community organizations participate in this want to recognize one of the people. i could have done many, but in terms of that person, i ask anton stinson-winters to stand up. you are right over there, too. [applause] there he is. [applause] so anton stinson-winters is actually very shy person from one of his soul. but i appreciate you standing up because he is a success story. and thomas in the east side of the story, going to macomb community college, but you didn't ask about bowling and it went through this program you great exposure to many other wonderful things in and thomas now to the point resupplied for position with the dnr and the can another opportunity t
welcome to michigan. thank you are sharing your story. thank you. [applause] say great success. another great successes or summer youth initiative in terms of putting young people to work in some of our most challenge communities. this lacerated over 750 k. and in terms of that, it's been wonderful, it's about public-private partnerships. many community organizations participate in this want to recognize one of the people. i could have done many, but in terms of that person, i ask anton...
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when i went to michigan i was one of the first to this who was black who was in the ph.d. program because when i got there the head of graduate studies said to me he was surprised to see me. i found out what that meant. he told me, there was one time they came. he did not graduate. so i was sent there by my professors at howard who wanted me to work with a particular professor there. >> who are your parents? >> my parents were poor folk. my father left a surly. one of those lost, stolen, or straight man. my mother raised this cause been sometime in an orphanage when i was an infant. that's one of my earliest memories. a very extended family in which my generation was the first generation to ever go to college. my mother graduated from the eighth grade. al of a lot smarter than i am. if she could have she wanted to go as cool. very much one of us to get educated. >> when do you remember being interested in public policy in service and government? following the news. >> well, when i started during legal history at michigan and start reading all legal history stuff, i did a d
when i went to michigan i was one of the first to this who was black who was in the ph.d. program because when i got there the head of graduate studies said to me he was surprised to see me. i found out what that meant. he told me, there was one time they came. he did not graduate. so i was sent there by my professors at howard who wanted me to work with a particular professor there. >> who are your parents? >> my parents were poor folk. my father left a surly. one of those lost,...
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i graduated and went to the university of michigan. >> law school? >> first the history department write got a ph.d. then i went law school. i wanted to do legal history. those days you had to get both degrees. you couldn't get them at the same time. now you can. i had to do one then the other. then . >> did you come north to graduate school on purpose? >> i came to howard, yes, i came on purpose. absolutely. >> why? >> i went to segregated schools in nashville growing up. pearl high was a segregated high from north high negroes as we were called in that day. i went howard and went when i went to michigan i was one of the first students who was black in the ph.d. program. when i got there. the head of graduate studies said to me, he was surprised to see me. i found out what they meant. he told me there was one time a negro came through here years ago. he didn't graduate. that's what he told me. [laughter] so i was there for the department. i was sent there by michael fess l howard who wanted know work with a particular professor there in the institut
i graduated and went to the university of michigan. >> law school? >> first the history department write got a ph.d. then i went law school. i wanted to do legal history. those days you had to get both degrees. you couldn't get them at the same time. now you can. i had to do one then the other. then . >> did you come north to graduate school on purpose? >> i came to howard, yes, i came on purpose. absolutely. >> why? >> i went to segregated schools in...
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they put the chairman who was the president of michigan state university in east lansing. they have one black member who was assistant secretary of labor and they thought he was the sort of moderate person. i didn't just serve on the commission. since i am an historian i got out the president, on the white house and that all that stuff so i can see what they were saying inside about what they were doing. so the one black guy who was an adviser in the eisenhower white house and most of us there to tell the names of people that could point to something that wouldn't get into trouble with their job. said the spoken sky won't get me in trouble. the rest of the folks on the air. a professor. an important figure so have important people to start with. >> host: mary frances berry, when did you serve as chair of the civil rights mission? >> guest: i came in 1980 after he served in the carter administration asking how enchant leather colorado, boulder, where people say was the first woman to be head of a major research university. i had to excite with ronald reagan because even tho
they put the chairman who was the president of michigan state university in east lansing. they have one black member who was assistant secretary of labor and they thought he was the sort of moderate person. i didn't just serve on the commission. since i am an historian i got out the president, on the white house and that all that stuff so i can see what they were saying inside about what they were doing. so the one black guy who was an adviser in the eisenhower white house and most of us there...
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and if we're from michigan, we want to be able to offer the voices of michigan on the floor of the united states senate, and we're from nashville or the mountains of tennessee or maine, we want to be able to do the same. we want our voices heard. not our voices, but the voices of the people that we represent. that's the importance of the discussion we're having today. so my hope is that the majority leader and the republican leader -- and i congratulate them for sort of sticking their necks out here in their respective conferences, and i hope they recommend us a way that we can do two things -- make it easier for bills to come to the floor and make it easier for senators to get their amendments. and i believe, mr. president, if that happens, this senate will see a new day. now, on this side of the aisle, we believe we really don't need rules changes, that we just need a change in behavior, and on the other side of the aisle, there are some who say let's just get rid of the filibuster, but i think once we get back into what we call the regular order here, all that talk will go away. i thin
and if we're from michigan, we want to be able to offer the voices of michigan on the floor of the united states senate, and we're from nashville or the mountains of tennessee or maine, we want to be able to do the same. we want our voices heard. not our voices, but the voices of the people that we represent. that's the importance of the discussion we're having today. so my hope is that the majority leader and the republican leader -- and i congratulate them for sort of sticking their necks out...
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had been michigan. the actual quote was i love this state. it seems right here. the trees at the right height. away from here i find no trees to please. no trees at such a perfect height as these. for me i cannot ever be at ease to grow one's knees. or two tall trees that splinter group wisconsin sure has bragging rights on cheese and colorado is where they take your skis. connecticut of course has lyme disease. [laughter] and none of these semi-prepared to say is currently here with the perfect perfect height of trees. [applause] and according to that theory, romney just was in a very good candidate. they should have nominated somebody else. and there is also a theory they were demographically behind that they didn't understand the people they were appealing to are no longer in the majority necessary in an election are these not overwhelmingly. i actually tried to help them out when they're looking for a vice presidential candidate. i did a poem called cuisine diversity. if rubio, gentle or hailey or r
had been michigan. the actual quote was i love this state. it seems right here. the trees at the right height. away from here i find no trees to please. no trees at such a perfect height as these. for me i cannot ever be at ease to grow one's knees. or two tall trees that splinter group wisconsin sure has bragging rights on cheese and colorado is where they take your skis. connecticut of course has lyme disease. [laughter] and none of these semi-prepared to say is currently here with the...
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remember when he went to michigan, his home state that primary can set victories for the a rate and michigan. the actual quote was i love this day. it seems right here. the trees are the right height. [laughter] away from here i find no trees that please. no trees at such a perfect height as thieves. for me i cannot ever be a piece with trees that grow no higher than one sneeze or two tall trees that splinter entries. wisconsin sure has bragging rights and cheese in california is rich and kidneys in colorado this week to take your skis. connecticut of course has lyme disease. [laughter] and none of these semi-prepared to sneeze, but here we have the perfect height of trees. [laughter] [applause] and according to that theory, romney just wasn't a very good candidate. they should've nominated somebody else. it is also the theory that there were demographically behind, that they didn't understand the people they were appealing to were no longer in the maturity necessary in an election at least not overwhelmingly. i actually tried to help them out when they were looking for a vice presidential c
remember when he went to michigan, his home state that primary can set victories for the a rate and michigan. the actual quote was i love this day. it seems right here. the trees are the right height. [laughter] away from here i find no trees that please. no trees at such a perfect height as thieves. for me i cannot ever be a piece with trees that grow no higher than one sneeze or two tall trees that splinter entries. wisconsin sure has bragging rights and cheese in california is rich and...
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housing market also i think has come back some in michigan. but like any other industrial parts of the country, like pittsburgh steel plants and other places, michigan also is diversifying, bringing in high-tech, various kinds of service, health care, education and so on. and places like university of michigan, ann arbor, are a tremendous resource for entrepreneurs, people trying to develop new high-tech business businesses. so it is a good sign to see that america still has a powerful industrial base but it is diversifying into a wide range of new types of industries. so it is a large and complex economy. i don't know if you want to talk about the broader economy or not, but you could come back to it if you like, but you know, we have been seeing some improvement in the labor market, it's still not we would like it to be. growth has been moderate. there are some positive signs to look at, and i think one of the key positives, i made reference to, is housing. as you know, house prices in the u.s. felt about 30% and the amount of construction f
housing market also i think has come back some in michigan. but like any other industrial parts of the country, like pittsburgh steel plants and other places, michigan also is diversifying, bringing in high-tech, various kinds of service, health care, education and so on. and places like university of michigan, ann arbor, are a tremendous resource for entrepreneurs, people trying to develop new high-tech business businesses. so it is a good sign to see that america still has a powerful...
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tonight, ben bernanke discusses the economy at the university of michigan. in the house committee meets to discuss the funding legislation. later, the bipartisan policy center on a talk to talk about options of dealing with the debt ceiling check out c-span studentcam 2013 video documentary competition. the deadline is friday january 28. the grand prize is $5000. >> i welcome all of you here today. on behalf of the gerald ford school of public policy, university of michigan is honored to welcome the honorable ben bernanke, chairman of the board of governors. today's conversation is in a series of distinguished lectures at the school. we are pleased to produce today's events and to have have president mary sue coleman with us. i would like to welcome all of them and thank them for joining us today. it is an honor and truly a personal pleasure for me to introduce our special guest. the charge is to promote a healthy economy and a complex and critically important mission. german ben bernanke was first appointed as the chair in 2006 and he has served in that rol
tonight, ben bernanke discusses the economy at the university of michigan. in the house committee meets to discuss the funding legislation. later, the bipartisan policy center on a talk to talk about options of dealing with the debt ceiling check out c-span studentcam 2013 video documentary competition. the deadline is friday january 28. the grand prize is $5000. >> i welcome all of you here today. on behalf of the gerald ford school of public policy, university of michigan is honored to...
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you may not think of michigan as a farm state. it is. and she looked at this bill in terms of its entirety. and in its entirety the farm bill is about more than farmers and ranchers. it's also about nutrition and food programs and school lunch and food stamps. they're all included in this bill. so she tackled it with the ranking republican member, pat roberts of kansas, and really came up with an amazing work product. she had over 63 votes in the senate for this farm bill, bipartisan support for this farm bill. let me tell what you it did. it not only ended up with a bill that had the support of every major farm organization, which is no mean feat, it saved over $23 billion in deficit reduction in five years. she went after some of the indefensible programs like the direct payment program to farmers, which they readily acknowledge needed to go away, took those programs aside and put the money to deficit reduction. she went to the nutrition programs which are critically important in a struggling economy, with families facing income inequa
you may not think of michigan as a farm state. it is. and she looked at this bill in terms of its entirety. and in its entirety the farm bill is about more than farmers and ranchers. it's also about nutrition and food programs and school lunch and food stamps. they're all included in this bill. so she tackled it with the ranking republican member, pat roberts of kansas, and really came up with an amazing work product. she had over 63 votes in the senate for this farm bill, bipartisan support...
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, but it's also the poorest county in the state of michigan. and i went there and talked to some of its residents, and i remember particularly this beautiful elderly woman named trixie griffin, who had been the--a choreographer at one of the great clubs that was now in ruins or they must have been torn down, and asked her what happened to idlewild and she said integration and the credit card. and so it was sort of one of those ghosts of desegregation and it brings--you know, just being there and talking to these people, bring up questions about what did the african-american community lose, you know, sort of melancholy with the progress of desegregation and, you know, what were the gains? c-span: who were or are calvin and patricia cormier? >> guest: they were the two people who befriended me. i mean, again, i had no idea what i was gonna find in idlewild. i sort of drove into town late at night, and the--it's very, you know, rural and i had no idea where i was going, where i was gonna stay, and i ran up on this store, this little mom-and-pop sh
, but it's also the poorest county in the state of michigan. and i went there and talked to some of its residents, and i remember particularly this beautiful elderly woman named trixie griffin, who had been the--a choreographer at one of the great clubs that was now in ruins or they must have been torn down, and asked her what happened to idlewild and she said integration and the credit card. and so it was sort of one of those ghosts of desegregation and it brings--you know, just being there...
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, michigan state university, both led by women as presidents. we are seeing women moving up in every area. we have made great strides, but we also know that pay for women continues to be unequal, even though we have seen strides being made, and that's why the paycheck fairness act is absolutely critical. this bill gives women tools to negotiate better pay, and it stops employers from using workplace gag rules to prevent women from discovering that their pay is actually less than the men working beside them. it strengthens the remedies that women can use when they are discriminated against and ensures that discrimination based on sex is treated the same as any other kind of discrimination in the workplace. four years ago this week, we passed the lilly ledbetter act that overturned the supreme court's decision that limited the ability of women to get justice when they were discriminated against, and at that time, as we know, lilly ledbetter did not know for a couple of decades that she, in fact, was being paid less than the men she not only worked
, michigan state university, both led by women as presidents. we are seeing women moving up in every area. we have made great strides, but we also know that pay for women continues to be unequal, even though we have seen strides being made, and that's why the paycheck fairness act is absolutely critical. this bill gives women tools to negotiate better pay, and it stops employers from using workplace gag rules to prevent women from discovering that their pay is actually less than the men working...
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if you think about michigan, michigan's about ten million people today. if you think about the city of manhattan, it's a little over eight million people. manhattan has one fire department, one police department, one city -- one school district, it has one of everything, basically, that leads eight million people. we have ten million people, we have 550 public districts. we have, you know, 83 different counties. we believe in michigan we could save at least $600 million a year just in combining those into one police department, one fire department. think about that in 50 states. think about how much inefficiency there is throughout the country. so creating a virtual city, creating, you know, a lot more efficiency at the state government, i think, would be tremendously important. we have something in kalamazoo, michigan, again, a public/private partnership that really was created by private industry, a few donors there that had an idea that wanted to keep people in kalamazoo which is a relatively small town. there's a state university there call canned wes
if you think about michigan, michigan's about ten million people today. if you think about the city of manhattan, it's a little over eight million people. manhattan has one fire department, one police department, one city -- one school district, it has one of everything, basically, that leads eight million people. we have ten million people, we have 550 public districts. we have, you know, 83 different counties. we believe in michigan we could save at least $600 million a year just in combining...
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he was famous for pushing the envelope and would say michigans at the time how messy race can be that were funny and dave chappell decided he wouldn't do his show northern despite the $50 million they were trying to give him, because he imagined there was something about the way he was using race, being funny with race, that wasn't enlightening people and actually reinforcing some of america's worst racial distrust. like he couldn't find a way to distinguish between progressive comedy around race and stuff that was actually doing more harm than good. >> host: are we pair mid-about stereo types? >> guest: i think stereotypes are by definition a kind of institutionalize of paranoia. so i think we're both very sensitive to it. all of us. psychologists would tell us not only do we have to negotiate them but we're operating spaces and it impacts our performance. we actually perform differently when he think about the stereo type as a threat and we can either reintroduce -- reproduce. people when they see us they can have a short-handed version what we represent. sometimes we imagine good t
he was famous for pushing the envelope and would say michigans at the time how messy race can be that were funny and dave chappell decided he wouldn't do his show northern despite the $50 million they were trying to give him, because he imagined there was something about the way he was using race, being funny with race, that wasn't enlightening people and actually reinforcing some of america's worst racial distrust. like he couldn't find a way to distinguish between progressive comedy around...
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we've already begun this work and in our arm of states, iowa, oregon, utah, michigan and pennsylvania, and we will travel to states throughout 2013. we've recently launched a new digital resources, aarp.org/livable so they can access research and examples of what communities are doing to deal with an increasingly older population. in conclusion i just want to say that all those that aarp are looking forward in 2013 to joining forces with many of you with the congress, the white house, governors, state lawmakers, in an ongoing effort to help strengthen the middle class and held americans over the age of 50 live their best lives. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, nancy. i would like to ask dr. whitman and barry rand to join us on stage and i think everyone for your participation so far today. in a few moments i'm going to invite our guests from the media to join us for a brief question and answer session. you will see aarp media relations personnel throughout the room and gathering microphones right now. because of the large number of media professionals present, we would as
we've already begun this work and in our arm of states, iowa, oregon, utah, michigan and pennsylvania, and we will travel to states throughout 2013. we've recently launched a new digital resources, aarp.org/livable so they can access research and examples of what communities are doing to deal with an increasingly older population. in conclusion i just want to say that all those that aarp are looking forward in 2013 to joining forces with many of you with the congress, the white house,...
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i worked for johnson who is currently the secretary of state and michigan. there's roughly 1600 cities car townships, counties that do run elections in michigan and everything is very decentralized in terms of how that is done. so we really sort of play the role of trying to assist them and try to keep the boats floating at the highest level possible. many of the clerks are part time. the vast majority in fact or part time smaller jurisdictions. the work another job as their full-time job but it's just as important that they know everything some of the larger jurisdictions need to know in terms of running their present on election day. our election day was actually pretty good getting their nearly killed us but the election ran pretty smoothly. we had a number of issues that came up, the ballot proposals we had six of those that we had to process over 2 million signatures coming in the door performing random samples. those were during the spring and summer getting rid of the november election. we also had a congressman who filed fraudulent nominating petitio
i worked for johnson who is currently the secretary of state and michigan. there's roughly 1600 cities car townships, counties that do run elections in michigan and everything is very decentralized in terms of how that is done. so we really sort of play the role of trying to assist them and try to keep the boats floating at the highest level possible. many of the clerks are part time. the vast majority in fact or part time smaller jurisdictions. the work another job as their full-time job but...
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he was from michigan. jimmy carter from georgia. ronald reagan from california. the first george bush from texas via connecticut. bill clinton from arkansas and the second bush from texas. so 2008 in some ways watershed election. ends the 40-year period of sun belt dominance. and there were issues that were critical in the politics that developed, that came out of the sun belt. they tended to have a conservative cast to them. tended to be oriented around issues of strong national defense, of an opposition to unions and a defense of free enterprise politics. and also it's in the sun belt in the south and southwest, that we see the rise of what -- by the 1970s we'll be talk about as the religious right. the rise of evangelical involvement in the process. so national defense, he was a staunch anticommunist and played an important role in right wing anticommunist politics in the late 1960s, one of the things that led him to switch parties in 1964. he was a key figure in opposing labor unions and did so long people like barry gold water. early in his career he was a s
he was from michigan. jimmy carter from georgia. ronald reagan from california. the first george bush from texas via connecticut. bill clinton from arkansas and the second bush from texas. so 2008 in some ways watershed election. ends the 40-year period of sun belt dominance. and there were issues that were critical in the politics that developed, that came out of the sun belt. they tended to have a conservative cast to them. tended to be oriented around issues of strong national defense, of an...
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we are facing in southeastern michigan. how do you believe that investing in nasa innovation could help us close that gap? >> thanks so much for the question, congressman. the first university graduate in my family, the only reason i studied science coming and the only reason i can to this country is because of the investment this committee or the committee's ahead of it have made, decades ago and because of the ins parisian that came from the space program i believe that power of inspiration and investments that come from this has a tremendous effect on the use on the young high school student that is making decisions for her career and the future that she has in front of her seeing that it is possible to make these dreams a reality so i do believe the inspiration aspect is a really important part and remains a very powerful force that this committee should consider. once we get them through the high schools and into our universities i believe the kind of diverse portfolio that i mentioned, the hands on experience explains
we are facing in southeastern michigan. how do you believe that investing in nasa innovation could help us close that gap? >> thanks so much for the question, congressman. the first university graduate in my family, the only reason i studied science coming and the only reason i can to this country is because of the investment this committee or the committee's ahead of it have made, decades ago and because of the ins parisian that came from the space program i believe that power of...
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stabenow of michigan. mr. tester of montana. ms. warren of massachusetts. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? the group: i do. the vice president: congratulations, senators. [applause] the vice president: the clerk will call the names of the next group. the clerk: mr. whitehouse of rhode island. mr. wicker of mississippi. the vice president: please raise your right hand. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, with
stabenow of michigan. mr. tester of montana. ms. warren of massachusetts. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are...
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the housing market has also come back some in michigan. but like many other industrial parts of the country, this includes bringing in high tech services, health care, education and so on. places like the university of michigan in ann arbor are a tremendous resource and people trying to develop high-tech businesses so it is an opportunity to see that america has a powerful industrial base there are some positive things to look at. one of the key positives that i already made reference to his housing. as you know, house prices in the u.s. fell about 30% for the first time, since the 2007, 2006, we are starting to see increases in production and rising house prices and how that will affect household wealth. that is one positive factor that is going to help us out and help us to have a better year in 2013 and in 2014. a few other things that are positive is that state and local governments, which have been in contractionary mode because of the loss of everything. they wanted to check on the economy that they have been for the last two years.
the housing market has also come back some in michigan. but like many other industrial parts of the country, this includes bringing in high tech services, health care, education and so on. places like the university of michigan in ann arbor are a tremendous resource and people trying to develop high-tech businesses so it is an opportunity to see that america has a powerful industrial base there are some positive things to look at. one of the key positives that i already made reference to his...
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as well as the senator from michigan that we thought we could send to some of these two companies. it's not a joke. people have to keep these elected officials honest and you have to have their constituency. so that is really what our organizers have focused on. >> you mean that organic food is not worth anything? that is something else that the industry influence and paid for. i don't think much of it. >> thank you so much for coming. we really appreciate it. [applause] >> wenonah hauter is the director of food and weather watch. for more information visit food and weather watch.org. >> we are here with judge block. you were brought into the court in 1994. >> yes, i was nominated by president clinton and recommended by senator moynihan. i have been doing this for 18 years two the inside look at the life and work is your subtitle. give me a regular day in the courtroom remapped. >> a regular day in the courtroom, there is no such thing as a regular day. the sentence people to jail, we have high-profile trials. life in new york city is very dynamic because we are pretty much where t
as well as the senator from michigan that we thought we could send to some of these two companies. it's not a joke. people have to keep these elected officials honest and you have to have their constituency. so that is really what our organizers have focused on. >> you mean that organic food is not worth anything? that is something else that the industry influence and paid for. i don't think much of it. >> thank you so much for coming. we really appreciate it. [applause] >>...
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to ford school of public policy, the university of michigan is extremely honored to welcome the honorable ben bernanke, chairman of the board of governors of the federal reserve system. today's conversation is the latest in a series of distinguished lectures, "policy talks @ the ford school." we are so pleased that susan white could introduce today's event and we're also very pleased to have president mary sue coleman with us today, as was regions american nelson and power, who were already mentioned to you. we also have several of the university executive officers and deans. and i would like to welcome all of them to thank them for joining us today. while it's an honor and truly a personal pleasure for me to introduce our special guest, as the central bank of the united states, the feds charged about a healthy economy and a stable financial system. this is a complex and critically important mission, and that makes its person added some one of if not the most important economic policymakers worldwide. chairman ben bernanke was first appointed fed chair in 2006, india served in that role d
to ford school of public policy, the university of michigan is extremely honored to welcome the honorable ben bernanke, chairman of the board of governors of the federal reserve system. today's conversation is the latest in a series of distinguished lectures, "policy talks @ the ford school." we are so pleased that susan white could introduce today's event and we're also very pleased to have president mary sue coleman with us today, as was regions american nelson and power, who were...
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. >> host: back with the house of ways and means committee, a democrat from michigan, you made knews yesterday. you said that you are not confident that tax reform will happen in 2013. you're hopeful, but not confident. why? >> guest: well, because so much is happening. you know, i was thinking about it in a way that republicans threatening to use the debt ceiling relays everything and puts the perspective, i think, in the wrong place. i think it's a serious mistake for them to even think about that, and we were talking earlier about the articles this morning saying how dangerous it is to use the debt ceiling to essentially put the full faith and credit of this country in the real jeopardy so i am very concerned about the consequences from doing that or even threatening to do it immediately and, also, it really shifts the focus and instead of it being on the debt ceiling, including tax reform. >> host: okay. so tax reform doesn't happen in 2013. >> guest: it may not happen. >> host: may not happen. what's the impact of that? what's the implication? >> guest: i said all along it's imp
. >> host: back with the house of ways and means committee, a democrat from michigan, you made knews yesterday. you said that you are not confident that tax reform will happen in 2013. you're hopeful, but not confident. why? >> guest: well, because so much is happening. you know, i was thinking about it in a way that republicans threatening to use the debt ceiling relays everything and puts the perspective, i think, in the wrong place. i think it's a serious mistake for them to even...
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before the fiscal cliff deadline he traveled to places like virginia, michigan, pennsylvania , where legal on the road for the issue of gun violence to try to pursue this campaign? >> i have no scheduling an ounce to make. the president considers this a priority. i think that is been made clear by the speed of action that you have seen represented here by both the president and vice-president. it will be represented by the event uc to mar the president and vice-president old, and i will leave it to the president to announce the next steps, but he believes we need to act now. he believes that we need to take steps that prevent or help prevent the kind of tragic violence against our children in particular that we saw in 210 connecticut and see in less spectacular former of the country all the time. >> yesterday the nra put out a new ad that is for children as an it to cut young as age four according to its rating that allows children to get to a shooting range and fire. given the conversation with the gaming industry, do you think that is appropriate? >> i have heard about this, but i
before the fiscal cliff deadline he traveled to places like virginia, michigan, pennsylvania , where legal on the road for the issue of gun violence to try to pursue this campaign? >> i have no scheduling an ounce to make. the president considers this a priority. i think that is been made clear by the speed of action that you have seen represented here by both the president and vice-president. it will be represented by the event uc to mar the president and vice-president old, and i will...
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counter point, the counterwaive to the freshman is a guy i spent time with, john dingle, a democrat from michigan, 85 years old, served since 1955, and previous to him, his father served in that same congressional district until he died, and his son, then, you know, ran and took his place. he is, you know, usedded to be thought of as a liberal. no one thought of him as a liberal now. the democrats don't because they marginalized him. he was not sufficiently liberal to be on the energy and commerce committee, yet he's proof, and i show it throughout the book, even with him being sort of removed from the pecking order of power in the democrats, was able to get things done, that this wily guy knows how to pull strings on behalf of the district and, you know, gets parks appropriated, to get, you know, all -- to get bills passed. i'm he passed a pipeline safety bill which is essentially a regulation bill during the tea party congress. that's unheard of, and but ding l is, i think,, you know, a dying breed. his philosophy is you govern from the center. you begin writing a bill from the center meaning y
counter point, the counterwaive to the freshman is a guy i spent time with, john dingle, a democrat from michigan, 85 years old, served since 1955, and previous to him, his father served in that same congressional district until he died, and his son, then, you know, ran and took his place. he is, you know, usedded to be thought of as a liberal. no one thought of him as a liberal now. the democrats don't because they marginalized him. he was not sufficiently liberal to be on the energy and...
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senator stabenow from michigan, the chair of the committee, ranking member roberts, they worked very hard to have an honest, open, public debate and votes on the individual elements. and in the course of that, we adopted disaster aid for farmers and ranchers across america who were scorched by the worst fires in a century, and one of the worst droughts in the last century. now, they should have been helped immediately upon those disasters, but they couldn't be helped because the farm bill had expired. and leaders said we'll quickly reauthorize it. well, the senate reauthorized it. we put those provisions in. we sent it over to the house and the house never acted on it. and then we tried to take those emergency provisions and put them into the sandy bill, hurricane sandy bill because if you're going to address the disaster for hurricane sandy, as we absolutely should and must, we should also address the disaster of the worst droughts and worst fires in a century. an area in oregon the size of rhode island burned this last summer. the fences burned. farms and ranches devastated. other
senator stabenow from michigan, the chair of the committee, ranking member roberts, they worked very hard to have an honest, open, public debate and votes on the individual elements. and in the course of that, we adopted disaster aid for farmers and ranchers across america who were scorched by the worst fires in a century, and one of the worst droughts in the last century. now, they should have been helped immediately upon those disasters, but they couldn't be helped because the farm bill had...
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something like this secret history of the universe as revealed through a cult science in the troy, michigan, which i almost used for my title. [laughter] so just to tell the story very quickly, he and his entire family were brutally, gruesomely murdered. they were beheaded and his children were killed as well and it was this big sensational story at the time. you can go through the free press archives and plan on this coverage. and it was never solved. at a certain point i realized it was not far from where i was living over in eastern market. so what to check it out for his house was is just a field now. i just kind of filed it away. weirdly enough, probably a year later, there was another murder, almost literally across the street. it was the drug thing and these kids were trying to scare -- two rival drug houses in this zone and these two teenagers were trying to scare off their rivals and so to do this, i ended up killing them horribly dismembering this guy come in the this random guy and scattering audi parts around literally across the street from the southern murder. so i thought it
something like this secret history of the universe as revealed through a cult science in the troy, michigan, which i almost used for my title. [laughter] so just to tell the story very quickly, he and his entire family were brutally, gruesomely murdered. they were beheaded and his children were killed as well and it was this big sensational story at the time. you can go through the free press archives and plan on this coverage. and it was never solved. at a certain point i realized it was not...
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associate director at the university of michigan. he's a specialist and robotic exploration and space, and team leader for the to element of imaging plasma spectrometer on the messenger spacecraft an orbit around the planet mercury. and we certainly welcome you. and our next witness, dr. scott h. is a director of the space policy institute and a professor in practice of international affairs at george washington university elliott school of international affairs. from 2005-2008 he served as associate administrator from program analyses and evaluation at nasa. prior to that he was assistant director for space and aeronautics in the white house, office of science and technology policy. dr. pace, we welcome you will as well. after witnesses now, testimony for them is 55 minutes. at which members of the committee will have five minutes each to ask questions. and you are just not held to five minutes. your time is valuable. you took your time to prepare to come here. it took you years to prepare to be asked to come here, and you argue. yo
associate director at the university of michigan. he's a specialist and robotic exploration and space, and team leader for the to element of imaging plasma spectrometer on the messenger spacecraft an orbit around the planet mercury. and we certainly welcome you. and our next witness, dr. scott h. is a director of the space policy institute and a professor in practice of international affairs at george washington university elliott school of international affairs. from 2005-2008 he served as...
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misapplication of voter id, especially in michigan and ohio. and what we saw was, you know, just the problems of poll workers refusing to issue the affidavit in michigan because they just didn't understand how it was to apply, and then they wouldn't issue provisional ballots. we saw one of the most reported problems out of ohio was the misapplication of the tate's voter id -- the state's voter id rule. poll workers in several counties were reportedly rejecting ids, and voters were being forced to cast provisional ballots because they would not accept, you know, the outdated ohio driver's license with an outdated address. the other problem we saw was the impact on communities of color. i mean, you know, we can talk about all the voters in the world, but communities of color, people with disabilities, seniors and students are bearing the budget of these issues -- the brunt of these issues. our redistricting battle in texas, the voter id battle we waged in the courts in texas, who were impacted? african-americans, latinos and as the court itself s
misapplication of voter id, especially in michigan and ohio. and what we saw was, you know, just the problems of poll workers refusing to issue the affidavit in michigan because they just didn't understand how it was to apply, and then they wouldn't issue provisional ballots. we saw one of the most reported problems out of ohio was the misapplication of the tate's voter id -- the state's voter id rule. poll workers in several counties were reportedly rejecting ids, and voters were being forced...
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used to work with the group who helped elect her 20 years ago, very disappointing, the senator from michigan who we really thought was going to be able to stand up to some of these food companies. so, you know, i think it depends, and i think it's not a joke. people have to keep these elected officials, um, they have to keep them honest. and you have to have their constituency do it, you know? be so that's really what our organizing has to be focused on. >> time for one more. >> okay. >> what are your thoughts on cancer study, organic studies? >> you mean that organic food isn't worth anything and -- i mean, i think that's another study that the industry influenced and paid for. you know, that's the problem, research is for sale. so i don't think much of it. [laughter] thanks so much for coming, really appreciate it. [applause] >> we've known that hauter is the executive director of of food and water watch. for more information visit food and water watch.org. >> one can't count the times that americans say that we're the best country in the world. what a marvelously stupid thing to say. of a
used to work with the group who helped elect her 20 years ago, very disappointing, the senator from michigan who we really thought was going to be able to stand up to some of these food companies. so, you know, i think it depends, and i think it's not a joke. people have to keep these elected officials, um, they have to keep them honest. and you have to have their constituency do it, you know? be so that's really what our organizing has to be focused on. >> time for one more. >>...
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so i'm there until 10:00 or 11:00, and i can go out and get michigan to eat and come back. >> for the two people in america who don't know andrea mitchell, i want to introduce her. incomes' chief foreign affairs correspondence. one of the most respected and hardest working journalist in america and we're delighted she is here. next to her is shirley ann jackson, the president of poly tick nick cal institute the very first african-american woman to run a top research university. month the many, many firsts, 51 honorary degrees, she has been the first -- ran the national science foundation -- >> the regular la tier commission. >> nuclear regulatory commission, and the very first black woman to get a ph.d at m.i.t. [applause] >> and attendancy ann depaul is assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff of the executive office of the white house. an expert in medicare and medicaid and all things health. she has been called the health czar of america. the point guard in overhauling the american healthcare system. how about that for a job. >> there you go. >> what a powerhouse right
so i'm there until 10:00 or 11:00, and i can go out and get michigan to eat and come back. >> for the two people in america who don't know andrea mitchell, i want to introduce her. incomes' chief foreign affairs correspondence. one of the most respected and hardest working journalist in america and we're delighted she is here. next to her is shirley ann jackson, the president of poly tick nick cal institute the very first african-american woman to run a top research university. month the...
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the summer i went to whitehall, michigan. we had a big facility there. and we ran into this group of young girls. they wanted to know what was going on in the lady that ran the program since you won't believe this. it's the whole society and those society moments. that is one thing. we pay for it and we give them the time. there are thousands of things. i encourage everyone who runs for office is to do this. the reason why i think so is that in my view, we definitely have the families, we bring them back in, and it changes the way things go. you suddenly see what great things are going on there. so i think that those levels are essential. you do whatever you want to do. it is starting to spur more of a national debate. this event is very important. understanding the importance, this is gigantic. most people, they think about labor costs. it is much more of the level of sophistication that you can do at the rate of innovation and the proximity. the opportunity to your most advanced testimony. we have the energy workforce and the sectors across energy are
the summer i went to whitehall, michigan. we had a big facility there. and we ran into this group of young girls. they wanted to know what was going on in the lady that ran the program since you won't believe this. it's the whole society and those society moments. that is one thing. we pay for it and we give them the time. there are thousands of things. i encourage everyone who runs for office is to do this. the reason why i think so is that in my view, we definitely have the families, we bring...
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but my real fear is that with the university of michigan and other libraries storing millions of books, that these books will be hacked. and i really do fear that the resolution of that case will be moot. because we run the risk of having all those works under copyright with the royalties that go to publishers and authors from them being circulated through piracy or through a disgruntled employee taking advantage of that. let me, let me conclude by saying in all the small bore arguments about fair use and digital copying and the battles between publishers and behemoths like amazon and google is the wisdom and the intention of our founding fathers -- many of whom were authors -- who understood the importance of authors to a democracy and so enshrined within article i of the constitution language that grants the congress the power to -- [inaudible] of authors. not google, not amazon, not libraries or even publishers, the exclusive right to their respectiving with. that's their language, not mine. but it also suggests it recognizes the need for authors to be free from being subsidized fin
but my real fear is that with the university of michigan and other libraries storing millions of books, that these books will be hacked. and i really do fear that the resolution of that case will be moot. because we run the risk of having all those works under copyright with the royalties that go to publishers and authors from them being circulated through piracy or through a disgruntled employee taking advantage of that. let me, let me conclude by saying in all the small bore arguments about...
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when i saw jesse making that turn finally and for one brief week, it was after the michigan caucuses and everybody in the world wanted jesse. so i couldn't slow him down long enough to give him a sense of the help that would be required so much of the story in this book is internal, from behind the candidates eyes, that it really couldn't be done without their help. so when i couldn't get that kind of help from jesse, i decided that it was better to leave him out and preserve the level of the book, rather than write about somebody that i didn't know as well. c-span: it's how many pages -- 1,000, 1,100? >> guest: a thousand forty-seven at last count. c-span: how did you get a publisher to put out that size book? >> guest: the size of the book wasn't really a problem once you got them involved with the idea it was my idea from the first to try to write a real human story about these guys and try to let people connect with them in a visceral way so that they felt with them and exulted with them and felt their tragedy and their triumph. by the time i started feeding manuscript into the p
when i saw jesse making that turn finally and for one brief week, it was after the michigan caucuses and everybody in the world wanted jesse. so i couldn't slow him down long enough to give him a sense of the help that would be required so much of the story in this book is internal, from behind the candidates eyes, that it really couldn't be done without their help. so when i couldn't get that kind of help from jesse, i decided that it was better to leave him out and preserve the level of the...
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a half years on the book, but at it so move bag it's so from the heart, and this week you're doing michigan else from the heart. you're engaged in the snap challenge. maybe you can talk about the snap challenge and why you're doing this. >> well, my staff teases me. i was up late with my girlfriend, twitter, and -- [laughter] >> when is the mayor going to get a life. but i was going back and forth, and for those of you who use social media, people just roll out things that are dumb, frankly, and -- but just as i was getting into an intellectual question about the role of government and the person said that government should not provide for the nutrition of children, and it really struck a chord to me because i really don't think people think about what that really would mean, and we don't realize that we live in a society that if we make, small amounts of investments early we won't have to make the big investments late and we all in fact are deeply invested in the success of kids because the more successful our children are, the moore our economy grows, artists, teachers, professors, entrep
a half years on the book, but at it so move bag it's so from the heart, and this week you're doing michigan else from the heart. you're engaged in the snap challenge. maybe you can talk about the snap challenge and why you're doing this. >> well, my staff teases me. i was up late with my girlfriend, twitter, and -- [laughter] >> when is the mayor going to get a life. but i was going back and forth, and for those of you who use social media, people just roll out things that are dumb,...
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., especially michigan and ohio. and what we saw was problems coworkers refusing to issue the affidavit in michigan because they didn't understand how it was to apply and then they wouldn't issue provincial ballots. one of the problems out of ohio was the misapplication of the voter i.d. rules. poll workers in several counties were reportedly rejecting ids and voters for us to cast provisional ballots because they would not accept the outdated ohio drivers license. the other problem we saw was impact on communities of color. we can talk about all the voters in the world, but community of colors, people with disabilities, seniors and students through the brunt of the issues. characteristic in that muck texas the voter i.d. that of the wage, who were an act that? african-americans, latinos, racially discriminatory set of his low income voters. early voting in ohio we've done a study and recommend to you in cuyahoga county showing how much people of color lab early voting so when their restrictions it has a horrible and
., especially michigan and ohio. and what we saw was problems coworkers refusing to issue the affidavit in michigan because they didn't understand how it was to apply and then they wouldn't issue provincial ballots. one of the problems out of ohio was the misapplication of the voter i.d. rules. poll workers in several counties were reportedly rejecting ids and voters for us to cast provisional ballots because they would not accept the outdated ohio drivers license. the other problem we saw was...
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we saw last week the state of michigan adopted a new law that gave workers the freedom not to join a union. now they didn't do that because it was politically expedient or that they thought it was a good idea because it is actually probably going to get a lot of the politicians in hot water in michigan. but what they did it at 23 other states to adopt the same idea and thought they were attracting businesses and creating jobs in the states without raising taxes have more revenue to build schools and roads and hospitals. it was just an idea that word. it's not a political idea to give people the freedom not to join a union. it's an american idea and it's an idea that works. we can look around the country today and again we make these things political and give them labels that are good or bad depending on which party you're in. but we know a number of states have been real innovative and creative with what they're doing in education. we see what they've done in florida, create more choices and louisiana, particularly, forced by hurricane katrina to start a new system in effect. they se
we saw last week the state of michigan adopted a new law that gave workers the freedom not to join a union. now they didn't do that because it was politically expedient or that they thought it was a good idea because it is actually probably going to get a lot of the politicians in hot water in michigan. but what they did it at 23 other states to adopt the same idea and thought they were attracting businesses and creating jobs in the states without raising taxes have more revenue to build...
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michigan, ohio, the list goes on. that's what is changing. more and more people becoming aware of the opportunity, and i believe public support for it will continue to grow. >> we have time for a couple more questions. >> chad with ihs "the energy daily." you mentioned a couple of time a study do you think done from doe and the declining price -- [inaudible] but the newest study said it won't happen today's economic. the prices in the united states are too high or prices abroad too low. considering the number of lg export facilities that have been proposed by high deline rations -- power sector and manufacturing csh -- [inaudible] do you sympathy we are setting ourself up for a difficult situation we need more natural gas but the price isn't as low as it is today. >> well, back to the study. the important thing about the study it reminds us that government should not intervene regulate exportation of the natural gas at this point. we should stay focus oned potential benefit. it should be treated as any other comod -- commodity in the united s
michigan, ohio, the list goes on. that's what is changing. more and more people becoming aware of the opportunity, and i believe public support for it will continue to grow. >> we have time for a couple more questions. >> chad with ihs "the energy daily." you mentioned a couple of time a study do you think done from doe and the declining price -- [inaudible] but the newest study said it won't happen today's economic. the prices in the united states are too high or prices...
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justin hall from michigan, sophomore. both amash and thomas massey played a a secret vote in a secret that secret that an nec ron paul's sun center rand paul in the senate and elected in 2010. he is continuing to ron the ron paul movement in many ways. is now on the senate relations committee and you'll hear him talk about the realm paul idea of foreign policy and less foreign aid and more conservative ideas about where to spend money and red hat troops. i think you'll you're more that in the years to come. >> host: apology, sorry. coughing attack here. mitch mcconnell, is rolled? >> guest: mitch mcconnell has a central role. mitch mcconnell is doing a lot because mitch mcconnell was the one when there was truly an impasse in the fiscal cliff negotiation he was the one who is able to call vice president biden and cut a deal. that says a lot about his political ability. he's able to reach out to the white house and make a deal happen. he will be the one to watch because of the house continues to be a little bit of a mess,
justin hall from michigan, sophomore. both amash and thomas massey played a a secret vote in a secret that secret that an nec ron paul's sun center rand paul in the senate and elected in 2010. he is continuing to ron the ron paul movement in many ways. is now on the senate relations committee and you'll hear him talk about the realm paul idea of foreign policy and less foreign aid and more conservative ideas about where to spend money and red hat troops. i think you'll you're more that in the...
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president, sergeant robert, superintendent, 807 expedition their air support squadron from detroit, michigan -- [cheers and applause] go tigers. >> good evening, mr. president, i'm sergeant first class, david wood from monument, colorado, third infantry division, task force light horse. thank you for having us at your party. congratulations. >> good evens, mr. president, mass sergeant james on the operation superintendent 807 squadron and the world's greatest air force -- [cheers and applause] congratulations, have a lessed -- blessed evening. >> mr. president, honored to join you tonight, and we got one more thing for all of you there. [inaudible] >> well, listen, to all of you who are there, we know it's tough being away from your families. we know the incredible sacrifices and challenges that you meet every single day, but i can tell youssef mejri -- that you have a room full of patriots here, and although i got to admit that they are a little spiffied upright now -- up right now, their heart and soul, dedication, sense of duty is at one with everything single one of the folks who are in
president, sergeant robert, superintendent, 807 expedition their air support squadron from detroit, michigan -- [cheers and applause] go tigers. >> good evening, mr. president, i'm sergeant first class, david wood from monument, colorado, third infantry division, task force light horse. thank you for having us at your party. congratulations. >> good evens, mr. president, mass sergeant james on the operation superintendent 807 squadron and the world's greatest air force -- [cheers...
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and that leaves michigan. oh, michigan. michigan, my nominee for incapable of being embarrassed. move over, florida. michigan has a bill on the way with the republican sponsor who is quite unembarrassed by the attention now or his failure to pass the same kind of bill last year. quote, the bill got no traction last year. there were people convinced romney was going to win and that might take electoral votes from him. but now, now that romney lost, now maybe even rick snyder, the governor is warming up to the idea this week and saying so publicly. governor snyder saying it is fair to change the rules since the election is not for a few more years yet. we started this week with six states on the map where republicans were talking about changing the rules to elect the president so you could use the gerrymandered congressional maps to make the presidential election go the way the house vote went this year where democrats got more votes but republicans still held the office. we started with a map of six. two of those states have now put the idea in the deepest part of the deep freeze
and that leaves michigan. oh, michigan. michigan, my nominee for incapable of being embarrassed. move over, florida. michigan has a bill on the way with the republican sponsor who is quite unembarrassed by the attention now or his failure to pass the same kind of bill last year. quote, the bill got no traction last year. there were people convinced romney was going to win and that might take electoral votes from him. but now, now that romney lost, now maybe even rick snyder, the governor is...
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and new york and new jersey and other states like michigan reduced its prison population by 14% in the last several years as a result of a whole host of reform. we know that you can reduce the prison population and actually get lower crime rate. that is something we are seeing around the country. this chart is one piece of evidence for that. we talk about new york and the model of new york. indiana, on the other hand, between 2000-2010 increased its prison population by 47%, and only saw a reduction in its crime rate of 8%. we know that there isn't, the argument that mass incarceration has lead to safer streets. new york is a shining example of why that is actually not the gospel truth. so enough with all the numbers because i know that you can kind of hear a lot of these numbers and think okay well, you know, interesting, but so be it. but let me tell you a story about a set of cases that it worked on pretty soon after i graduated from law school. for a long time when i was doing this work, i had the belief that if you bring litigation and you kind of bring thoughtful litigation, you
and new york and new jersey and other states like michigan reduced its prison population by 14% in the last several years as a result of a whole host of reform. we know that you can reduce the prison population and actually get lower crime rate. that is something we are seeing around the country. this chart is one piece of evidence for that. we talk about new york and the model of new york. indiana, on the other hand, between 2000-2010 increased its prison population by 47%, and only saw a...
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the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. miller, and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. brady, each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: mr. speaker, i ask -- the speaker pro tempore: the house is not in order. mr. levin: i want the chairman to be heard. the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house is not in order. please remove all conversations off the floor to the cloakroom. please remove all conversations from the floor. the gentleman is recognized. mr. camp: i thank the gentleman from michigan. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on h.r. 325. the speaker pro tempore: hearing no objection, so ordered. mr. camp: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized.
the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. miller, and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. brady, each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: mr. speaker, i ask -- the speaker pro tempore: the house is not in order. mr. levin: i want the chairman to be heard. the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the...